Sinjar Mountains (1463 m)

Iraq / Ninawa / Sinjar /
 cultural heritage / national heritage, invisible, mountain range
The Şhengal or Sinjar Mountains (also Shingal\Shengal\Şengal) Mountains; Kurdish: چیای شهنگال/شهنگار) are a 100 kilometres (62 mi)-long east –west trending mountain range that rises to an elevation of 1,463 meters (4,800 ft) and above the surrounding the alluvial plains, northern steppe, of Kurdistan. The highest segment, which is about 75 kilometres (47 mi) long, of these mountains lies in Nineveh Governorate, currently partly administered by the Iraqi Kurdistan. The western and lower segment of these mountains lies in Syria which is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) long and controlled by the de facto autonomous Syrian Kurdistan. The city of Shingal is just south of the range.
Since the 12th century, the area around the mountains have been mainly inhabited by Ezidi Kurds who venerate them and consider the highest to be the place where Noah's Ark settled after the biblical flood. The Yazidis have historically used the mountains as a place of refuge and escape during periods of conflict.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinjar
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Coordinates:   36°21'19"N   41°38'53"E

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